I am pleased to launch a new design for the Simple Marriage Project. I think it looks great! I have Dipankar to thank for this design.
Now before you comment that this looks a lot like ZenHabits, let me explain a few things. Originally I was using the Grid Focus theme by Derek Punsalan, but then again, so were many other bloggers. Hence the reason for the change.
My goal was to take the best aspects of the blogs I have enjoyed and incorporate them into one design. If you copy from one source, its plagiarism, if you copy from several sources, its research. After “researching” other popular blogs and following Skellie’s advice, I am pleased to present this redesign.
Please let me know what you think in the comments below. Please point out any bugs that need to be fixed as well. We’ll work to correct everything needed over the next week.
Update: I realize now that some Internet Explorer browsers cut off the left margin. We are working to correct this. Thank you for your patience. If you are experiencing this issue, you could try converting to Firefox or another browser. It looks great in other browsers. I bet once you make the switch, you won’t go back to IE.
Update of the update: Actually, the problems we are having are due to screen display sizes. This design was created for wider screens. We are working to fix the issues some of you may be experiencing.
Corey is the editor of Simple Marriage as well as a licensed marriage & family therapist. While he has a Ph.D. in Family Therapy, he only occasionally likes to be called doctor. If you enjoyed this post, please subscribe so you don't miss any future posts.No related posts.
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Well, I am biased and feel that it looks great. The design is an amalgamation of grid focus plus uses elements of zen habits. However, the most challenging part was making the sidebar and the content column height equal but I learned a lot from this process.
Thanks Corey for the opportunity.
I don’t think it looks too much like Zen Habits. It’s still simple enough to find what you’re looking for and snappy enough to be interesting. A good balance. Have fun in Kansas. Tell Dorothy I said hi!
great work, it’s lovely… like a new bride!
I like the design, I don’t like what it does in Fireworks when the window is resized!
It pushes the main content to the left – off the screen – with no scroll bar to get it back!.
With the way I normally view browser windows the title to this post is “e Project! Tell Me What You Think”
On a standard 1024 X 768 screen it says “esign for Simple Marriage Project! Tell Me What You Think”
And I had to enlarge the screen to make a comment!
Thanks for the heads up Emma. We’ll work to get it corrected.
It gets cut off in Firefox, too.
@ Adam, this is the first I’ve heard of a problem in Firefox, which is my browser of choice. I’ll work to correct everything ASAP. Thanks for the update.
doh, I meant fireworks!!
oh my. I’m so sorry… Firefox.
Fireworks is the graphical package I’ve been using all morning!